Daily Archives: May 11, 2012

San Francisco: Raider Heyward-Bey facing DUI charges from incident last month (UPDATED 7/23/12)

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heyward bayProsecutors plan to file misdemeanor DUI charges against Oakland Raiders wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey in connection with an incident in which he was pulled over on the Bay Bridge last month.

Heyward-Bey was arrested at about 2 a.m. on April 7 while driving east on the lower deck of the Bay Bridge, California Highway Patrol spokesman Officer Tony Tam said.

He was driving a 2012 Range Rover and was observed traveling slightly above the speed limit and weaving, Tam said.

An officer pulled Heyward-Bey over and arrested him on suspicion of DUI after he submitted to a chemical test, Tam said.

He was “cooperative,” and was cited and later released, Tam said.

via Raider Heyward-Bey facing DUI charges | www.ktvu.com.

UPDATED July 23, 2012 – Oakland Raiders wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey pleaded no contest
today to a misdemeanor DUI charge in connection with his arrest on the Bay
Bridge in April.

Lenox Township, MI: 3rd DUI charge for drunk driver who fatally struck man sitting in the middle of the road at 2:30 a.m.

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John RaderA Casco Township man faces his third operating while intoxicated charge after authorities said he struck and killed a man sitting in a road in Lenox Township early Thursday.

John Owen Rader, 39, was arraigned on four charges today in 42-2 District Court in New Baltimore, including operating while intoxicated causing death, failure to stop at the scene of an accident causing death and operating with a suspended, revoked or denied license, according to a news release from the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office. Bail was set at $150,000. The most serious charge carries a possible penalty of 15 years in prison.

via Third DUI charge for drunk driver who fatally struck man sitting in the road | Detroit Free Press | freep.com.

I said, “If you’ve been drinking, don’t play chicken with a patrol car.” (see earlier post today also).

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A police car collided with an SUV on State Street in Bridgeport Thursday, May 10, 2012. Photo: Autumn Driscoll / Connecticut Post

“You should see the other guy”

A man police say was drunk led officers on a wrong-way chase through a large swath of the central city Thursday evening before colliding head-on with a cruiser and injuring a sergeant.

Sgt. Philip Sharp suffered a knee injury and was brought by ambulance to St. Vincent Medical Center for treatment. The suspect, Demar Thompson, 37, suffered a head injury and is being treated at Bridgeport Hospital, where he remains under guard.

The chase wound its way over a circuit that stretched from Ridge Avenue in the Marina Village housing development to upper Park Avenue, with Thompson several times driving at high speed the wrong way on one-way streets.

via Cops: Drunk driver collided head-on with Bridgeport sergeant – Connecticut Post.

Tip: If you’ve been drinking, don’t play chicken with a patrol car

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A motorist was charged with drunk driving after he failed to yield to a Chicago Police squad car while attempting to make a left turn.

Junior Hernandez, 37, of the 3200 block of West Washington Street, was cited for driving under the influence and failure to yield the right-of-way while making a left turn, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said.

Hernandez was driving a 2005 Lexus east on 18th Street when he failed to yield to a squad car while attempting to make a left turn in the 1800 block of South Clark Street causing the squad car to strike the vehicle., Greer said.

No one was injured, police said.

The accident occurred about one block from the Central District police station.

via Drunk driver charged after crashing into police car – Chicago Sun-Times.

Superior, WI: DUI #7 earns Solon Springs man 3 years in prison

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A Solon Springs man faces seven years in the Wisconsin prison system after he was found guilty of his seventh offense for drunken driving.

Carl Matthew Andrews, 42, was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and operating with a prohibited blood-alcohol concentration during a March jury trial. He was sentenced Tuesday to three years’ confinement and four years’ extended supervision, in addition to a $3,833 fine and 36-month driver’s license revocation.

via Solon Springs man sentenced to prison for seventh OWI | Superior Telegram | Superior, Wisconsin.